World leaders in 1984

Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1984, in the order they held them. Names are from Wikipedia’s list of state leaders and appear only where the person’s Wikidata record agrees on the post and the years. What happened in 1984 →

Major powers in 1984

United StatesUnited States history

President: Ronald Reagan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Margaret Thatcher

Soviet UnionRussia history

General Secretary: Yuri Andropov, then Konstantin Chernenko
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet: Yuri Andropov, then Konstantin Chernenko
Chairman of the Council of Ministers: Nikolai Tikhonov

People's Republic of ChinaChina history

Paramount Leader: Deng Xiaoping
General Secretary: Hu Yaobang
President: Li Xiannian

FranceFrance history

President: François Mitterrand
Prime minister: Pierre Mauroy, then Laurent Fabius

East GermanyGermany history

Chairmen of the State Council: Erich Honecker
Chairman: Willi Stoph

West GermanyGermany history

President: Karl Carstens
President of West Germany: Richard von Weizsäcker
Chancellor of West Germany: Helmut Kohl

JapanJapan history

Emperor: Hirohito

Republic of IndiaIndia history

President: Zail Singh
Prime minister: Indira Gandhi, then Rajiv Gandhi

Africa

Arab Republic of EgyptEgypt history

President: Hosni Mubarak
Prime minister: Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin, then Kamal Hassan Ali

Central African Republic

President: André Kolingba

CiskeiSouth Africa history

President: Lennox Sebe

Democratic Republic of MadagascarMadagascar history

President of Supreme Revolutionary Council: Didier Ratsiraka

Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe

President: Manuel Pinto da Costa

Democratic Republic of the SudanSudan history

President: Gaafar Nimeiry
Prime minister: Gaafar Nimeiry

Derg: Provisional Military Government of Socialist EthiopiaEthiopia history

Chairmen: Mengistu Haile Mariam

Equatorial Guinea

President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Prime minister: Cristino Seriche Bioko

Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros

President: Ahmed Abdallah
Prime minister: Ali Mroudjaé

Federal Republic of Nigeria: Fourth RepublicNigeria history

Military Head of State: Muhammadu Buhari

GabonGabon history

President: Omar Bongo
Prime minister: Léon Mébiame

Guinea-Bissau

President: João Bernardo Vieira
Acting President: Carmen Pereira
Prime minister: Victor Saúde Maria

Islamic Republic of MauritaniaMauritania history

Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation: Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, then Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Prime minister: Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, then Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla

KenyaKenya history

President: Daniel arap Moi

Kingdom of LesothoLesotho history

King: Moshoeshoe II

Libyan Arab Republic / Socialist People's Libyan Arab JamahiriyaLibya history

Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution: Muammar Gaddafi
Prime minister: Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi

Mauritius (Commonwealth realm)Mauritius history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Anerood Jugnauth

People's Democratic Republic of AlgeriaAlgeria history

President: Chadli Bendjedid
Prime minister: Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, then Abdelhamid Brahimi

People's Republic of AngolaAngola history

President: José Eduardo dos Santos

People's Republic of BeninBenin history

President: Mathieu Kérékou

People's Republic of MozambiqueMozambique history

President: Samora Machel

People's Republic of the Congo

Prime minister: Ange Édouard Poungui

Republic of BotswanaBotswana history

President: Quett Masire

Republic of Burkina FasoBurkina Faso history

President: Thomas Sankara

Republic of BurundiBurundi history

President: Jean-Baptiste Bagaza

Republic of CameroonCameroon history

President: Paul Biya
Prime minister: Luc Ayang

Republic of Cape VerdeCape Verde history

President: Aristides Pereira
Prime minister: Pedro Pires

Republic of ChadChad history

President: Hissène Habré

Republic of DjiboutiDjibouti history

President: Hassan Gouled Aptidon
Prime minister: Barkat Gourad Hamadou

Republic of GhanaGhana history

Military Head of State: Jerry Rawlings

Republic of GuineaGuinea history

President: Ahmed Sékou Touré, then Lansana Conté
Acting President: Louis Lansana Beavogui
Prime minister: Louis Lansana Beavogui, then Diarra Traoré

Republic of Ivory CoastIvory Coast history

President: Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Republic of MalawiMalawi history

President: Hastings Banda

Republic of MaliMali history

President: Moussa Traoré

Republic of RwandaRwanda history

President: Juvénal Habyarimana

Republic of Seychelles

President: France-Albert René

Republic of Sierra LeoneSierra Leone history

President: Siaka Stevens

Republic of South AfricaSouth Africa history

State President: Marais Viljoen, then P. W. Botha
Prime minister: Pieter Willem Botha

Republic of the GambiaGambia history

President: Dawda Jawara

Republic of the NigerNiger history

Prime minister: Hamid Algabid

Republic of TunisiaTunisia history

President: Habib Bourguiba
Prime minister: Mohammed Mzali

Republic of Uganda

President: Milton Obote

Republic of ZambiaZambia history

President: Kenneth Kaunda
Prime minister: Nalumino Mundia

Republic of Zimbabwe

President: Canaan Banana
Prime minister: Robert Mugabe

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, has limited recognition: Morocco claims Western SaharaMorocco history

President: Mohamed Abdelaziz

Senegambia ConfederationSenegal history

President: Abdou Diouf

Somali Democratic RepublicSomalia history

President: Siad Barre

Sultanate/ Kingdom of MoroccoMorocco history

King: Hassan II
Prime minister: Mohammed Karim Lamrani

Togolese RepublicTogo history

President: Gnassingbé Eyadéma

United Republic of TanzaniaTanzania history

President: Julius Nyerere
Prime minister: Edward Sokoine, then Salim Ahmed Salim

Zaire

President: Mobutu Sese Seko
First state commissioner: Léon Kengo

Americas

Antigua and Barbuda

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Vere Bird

ArgentinaArgentina history

President: Raúl Alfonsín

BarbadosBarbados history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Tom Adams

BelizeBelize history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Manuel Esquivel

BoliviaBolivia history

President: Hernán Siles Zuazo

Brazilian Military regimeBrazil history

President: João Figueiredo

CanadaCanada history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Pierre Trudeau, then John Turner, then Brian Mulroney

Civic-Military Dictatorship of UruguayUruguay history

Acting President: Gregorio Conrado Álvarez

Co-operative Republic of GuyanaGuyana history

President: Forbes Burnham
Prime minister: Desmond Hoyte

ColombiaColombia history

President: Belisario Betancur Cuartas

Dominica

Prime minister: Eugenia Charles

Duvalier dynasty, HaitiHaiti history

President for Life: Jean-Claude Duvalier

EcuadorEcuador history

President: Osvaldo Hurtado, then León Febres Cordero

El SalvadorEl Salvador history

Provisional President: Álvaro Magaña
President: José Napoleón Duarte

El Stronato: ParaguayParaguay history

President: Alfredo Stroessner

Fourth Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history

President: Salvador Jorge Blanco

Grenada

Queen: Elizabeth II
de facto Prime minister: Nicholas Brathwaite
Prime minister: Herbert Blaize

GuatemalaGuatemala history

President: Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores

HondurasHonduras history

President: Roberto Suazo Córdova

JamaicaJamaica history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Edward Seaga

MexicoMexico history

President: Miguel de la Madrid

Military Dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990)Chile history

President: Augusto Pinochet

Republic of Costa RicaCosta Rica history

President: Luis Monge Álvarez

Republic of CubaCuba history

President of the Council of State: Fidel Castro
President of the Council of Ministers: Fidel Castro

Republic of PeruPeru history

Constitutional President: Fernando Belaúnde Terry
Prime Minister: Fernando Schwalb López Aldana, then Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe, then Luis Pércovich Roca

Republic of SurinameSuriname history

President: Fred Ramdat Misier
Prime minister: Liakat Ali Errol Alibux, then Willem Alfred Udenhout

Republic of Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago history

President: Ellis Clarke

Republic of VenezuelaVenezuela history

President: Luis Herrera Campins, then Jaime Lusinchi

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Kennedy Simmonds

Saint Lucia

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: John Compton

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Milton Cato, then James Fitz-Allen Mitchell

The Bahamas

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Lynden Pindling

United StatesUnited States history

President: Ronald Reagan

Asia

Ba'athist IraqIraq history

President: Saddam Hussein
Prime minister: Saddam Hussein

BangladeshBangladesh history

President: Hussain Muhammad Ershad

BhutanBhutan history

Druk Gyalpo: Jigme Singye Wangchuck

Democratic Republic of AfghanistanAfghanistan history

General Secretary: Babrak Karmal
Chairman: Babrak Karmal

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri LankaSri Lanka history

President: Junius Richard Jayewardene
Prime minister: Ranasinghe Premadasa

Emirate of Ras Al KhaimahUnited Arab Emirates history

ruler: Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi

Hakims of Bahrain/ State of BahrainBahrain history

Emir: Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa
Prime minister: Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa

Islamic Republic of IranIran history

Supreme Leader: Ruhollah Khomeini
President: Ali Khamenei
Prime minister: Mir-Hossein Mousavi

Islamic Republic of PakistanPakistan history

President: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

IsraelIsrael history

President: Chaim Herzog
Prime minister: Yitzhak Shamir, then Shimon Peres

JapanJapan history

Emperor: Hirohito

Kingdom of JordanJordan history

King: Hussein
Prime minister: Mudar Badran, then Ahmad Obeidat

Kingdom of NepalNepal history

King: Birendra
Prime minister: Lokendra Bahadur Chand

Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia history

King: Fahd

Lao People's Democratic RepublicLaos history

General Secretary: Kaysone Phomvihane
President: Souphanouvong
Prime minister: Kaysone Phomvihane

LebanonLebanon history

President: Amine Gemayel
Prime minister: Shafik Wazzan, then Rashid Karami

MalaysiaMalaysia history

Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Ahmad Shah of Pahang, then Iskandar of Johor
Prime minister: Mahathir Mohamad

Mongolian People's Republic

Chairman: Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal
Prime minister: Dumaagiin Sodnom

New Order, IndonesiaIndonesia history

President: Suharto

North KoreaNorth Korea history

General Secretary: Kim Il Sung
President: Kim Il Sung

North Yemen: Yemen Arab RepublicYemen history

President: Ali Abdullah Saleh

People's Republic of ChinaChina history

Paramount Leader: Deng Xiaoping
General Secretary: Hu Yaobang
President: Li Xiannian

People's Republic of KampucheaCambodia history

Prime minister: Chan Sy

PhilippinesPhilippines history

President: Ferdinand Marcos
Prime minister: Cesar Virata

Protectorate of Brunei / Nation of BruneiBrunei history

Sultan: Hassanal Bolkiah

QatarQatar history

Emir: Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
Prime minister: Khalifa bin Hamad

Republic of China: TaiwanTaiwan history

President: Chiang Ching-kuo
Premier: Sun Yun-suan, then Yu Kuo-hwa

Republic of CyprusCyprus history

President: Spyros Kyprianou

Republic of IndiaIndia history

President: Zail Singh
Prime minister: Indira Gandhi, then Rajiv Gandhi

Republic of TurkeyTurkey history

President: Kenan Evren
Prime minister: Turgut Özal

Second Republic of Maldives

President: Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

SingaporeSingapore history

President: Devan Nair
Prime minister: Lee Kuan Yew

Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma

Chairman: Ne Win
President: San Yu

Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present)Vietnam history

General Secretary: Lê Duẩn
Chairmen of the Council of State: Trường Chinh
Chairmen of the Council of ministers: Phạm Văn Đồng

South KoreaSouth Korea history

President: Chun Doo-hwan

South Yemen: People's Democratic Republic of YemenYemen history

President: Ali Nasir Muhammad
Chairmen: Ali Nasir Muhammad
Prime minister: Ali Nasir Muhammad

State of KuwaitKuwait history

Emir: Jaber III
Prime minister: Saad Al-Abdullah

Sultanate of Oman: Al Busaidi dynastyOman history

Sultan: Qaboos bin Said

Syrian Arab RepublicSyria history

President: Hafez al-Assad
Prime minister: Abdul Rauf al-Kasm

ThailandThailand history

King: Bhumibol Adulyadej
Prime minister: Prem Tinsulanonda

Turkish Republic of Northern CyprusCyprus history

President: Rauf Denktaş

United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates history

President: Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Prime minister: Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum

Europe

Andorra

Episcopal Co-Prince: Joan Martí i Alanis
French Co-Prince: François Mitterrand
Prime minister: Òscar Ribas Reig, then Josep Pintat-Solans

AustriaAustria history

President: Rudolf Kirchschläger

BelgiumBelgium history

King: Baudouin
Prime minister: Wilfried Martens

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

General Secretary: Gustáv Husák
President: Gustáv Husák
Prime minister: Lubomír Štrougal

DenmarkDenmark history

Queen: Margrethe II
Prime minister: Poul Schlüter

East GermanyGermany history

Chairmen of the State Council: Erich Honecker
Chairman: Willi Stoph

FinlandFinland history

President: Mauno Koivisto
Prime minister: Kalevi Sorsa

France: Fifth RepublicFrance history

President: François Mitterrand
Prime minister: Pierre Mauroy, then Laurent Fabius

Greece: Third RepublicGreece history

President: Konstantinos Karamanlis
Prime minister: Andreas Papandreou

Hungarian People's RepublicHungary history

Chairman: Pál Losonczi
Prime minister: György Lázár

IcelandIceland history

President: Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
Prime minister: Steingrímur Hermannsson

ItalyItaly history

President: Sandro Pertini
Prime minister: Bettino Craxi

Kingdom of SpainSpain history

King: Juan Carlos I
Prime minister: Felipe González

Kingdom of the NetherlandsNetherlands history

Queen: Beatrix
Prime minister: Ruud Lubbers

Liechtenstein

Prince: Franz Josef II
Prime minister: Hans Brunhart

LuxembourgLuxembourg history

Grand Duke: Jean
Prime minister: Pierre Werner, then Jacques Santer

Monaco

Prince: Rainier III
Minister of state: Jean Herly

NorwayNorway history

King: Olav V
Prime minister: Kåre Willoch

People's Republic of BulgariaBulgaria history

General Secretary: Todor Zhivkov
Chairman of the State Council: Todor Zhivkov
Prime minister: Grisha Filipov

People's Socialist Republic of AlbaniaAlbania history

First Secretary: Enver Hoxha
Prime minister: Adil Çarçani

Polish People's RepublicPoland history

First Secretary: Wojciech Jaruzelski
Prime minister: Wojciech Jaruzelski

Republic of IrelandIreland history

President: Patrick Hillery
Taoiseach: Garret FitzGerald

Republic of MaltaMalta history

President: Agatha Barbara
Prime minister: Dom Mintoff, then Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici

San Marino

Captains Regent: Renzo Renzi, then Gloriana Ranocchini, then Giorgio Crescentini, then Marino Bollini, then Giuseppe Amici

Socialist Republic of RomaniaRomania history

General Secretary: Nicolae Ceaușescu
President: Nicolae Ceaușescu
Prime minister: Constantin Dăscălescu

Soviet UnionRussia history

General Secretary: Yuri Andropov, then Konstantin Chernenko
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet: Yuri Andropov, then Konstantin Chernenko
Chairman of the Council of Ministers: Nikolai Tikhonov

SwedenSweden history

King: Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime minister: Olof Palme

SwitzerlandSwitzerland history

President of the Confederation: Leon Schlumpf

Third Republic of PortugalPortugal history

President: António Ramalho Eanes
Prime minister: Mário Soares

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Margaret Thatcher

Vatican City

Sovereign: John Paul II
President of the Governorate: Sebastiano Baggio

West GermanyGermany history

President: Karl Carstens
President of West Germany: Richard von Weizsäcker
Chancellor of West Germany: Helmut Kohl

Yugoslavia: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

President of the Presidency: Mika Špiljak, then Veselin Đuranović
Prime minister: Milka Planinc

Oceania

AustraliaAustralia history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Bob Hawke

Dominion of FijiFiji history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Kamisese Mara

Federated States of Micronesia

President: Tosiwo Nakayama

Kiribati

President: Ieremia Tabai

Marshall Islands

President: Amata Kabua

Nauru

President: Hammer DeRoburt

New ZealandNew Zealand history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Robert Muldoon, then David Lange

Palau

President: Haruo Remeliik

Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Michael Somare

Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Solomon Mamaloni, then Peter Kenilorea

TongaTonga history

King: Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
Prime minister: Fatafehi Tu'ipelehake

Trust Territory of the Pacific IslandsUnited States history

High Commissioner: Janet J. McCoy

Tuvalu

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Tomasi Puapua

VanuatuVanuatu history

President: Ati George Sokomanu
Acting President: Frederick Karlomuana Timakata
Prime minister: Walter Lini

Wallis and Futuna

King: Tomasi Kulimoetoke II

Western Samoa/ Independent State of Samoa

O le Ao o le Malo: Malietoa Tanumafili II